bbcombotest in 4.4.0 (probably 4.3.0 too) was failing for me with the error: Could not access hobbitd board, error 0 I found that line: if ((hobbitdresult != BB_OK) || (board == NULL)) { always evaled true due to board being set to NULL at the start of the function and then never being set again. Also I didn't like that a yellow status didn't trip the combo test color, so that is the last part. So here is a patch: Index: bbcombotest.c =================================================================== --- bbcombotest.c (revision 6223) +++ bbcombotest.c (working copy) @@ -209,20 +209,16 @@ int result = COL_CLEAR; char *pattern, *found, *colstr; - if (board == NULL) { sendreturn_t *sres = newsendreturnbuf(1, NULL); hobbitdresult = sendmessage("hobbitdboard fields=hostname,testname,color", NULL, BBTALK_TIMEOUT, sres); + board = getsendreturnstr(sres, 1); if ((hobbitdresult != BB_OK) || (board == NULL)) { board = ""; *errptr += sprintf(*errptr, "Could not access hobbitd board, error %d\n", hobbitdresult); return COL_CLEAR; } - else { - board = getsendreturnstr(sres, 1); - } freesendreturnbuf(sres); - } pattern = (char *)malloc(1 + strlen(hostname) + 1 + strlen(testname) + 1 + 1); sprintf(pattern, "\n%s|%s|", hostname, testname); @@ -275,7 +271,7 @@ } if (*color == -1) return -1; - else return ( (*color == COL_GREEN) || (*color == COL_YELLOW) || (*color == COL_CLEAR) ); + else return ( (*color == COL_GREEN) || (*color == COL_CLEAR) ); }